Scale poise



April 9, 1935.

E A. REUSSENZEHN SCALE POISE Filed Jan. 2%, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 NVENTOR BY ATTORNEY April 9, 1935.

E. A. REU$SENZEHN 1,996,976

SCALE FOISE Filed Jan. 29, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 BY ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 9, 1935 UNITED STATES SCALE POISE Ernest A. Reussenzehn, Dayton, Ohio, assignor, by

mesne assignments, to The Hobart Manufacturing Company, Troy, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application January 29, 1932, Serial No. 589,603

2 Claims.

This case relates to weighing scales and particularly to the poise-carrying beams thereof.

The object of the invention is to provide a combination of beam and poise which will in- 5 dicate on the merchants and customers side of a scale, the setting of the poise.

Further, the object is to provide a beam with a graduated arm on opposite sides of a scale, each arm carrying a poise, and the poises being 10 jointly operated.

Various other objects and advantages of my invention will be obvious from the following particular description of one form of mechanism embodying the invention or from an inspection of the accompanying drawings; and the invention also constitutes certain new and novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings:

20 Fig. l is a plan section through the scale;

Fig. 2 is a view of the lower part of the scale from the merchants side;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modification of the 25 customers indicating means viewed similarly to the upper portion of Fig. 1.

The invention has been applied for purposes of the disclosure to a scale similar to the one shown in Patent No. 1,645,326.

30 Referring to the drawings in detail, In is the base lever of a scale similar to the one shown in aforesaid patent. The lever is of the divided or bifurcated type, each furcation or longitudinal arm carrying a knife edge pivot II to fulcrum the lever on standards 12 rising from the base 13. Each furcation also has a knife edge M for supporting the platform Hi. The inner end of the lever has a lateral extension 46 projecting into the housing I! and to which the automatic ccunterbalancing' and indicating means (not shown) is connected. Secured to opposite furcations of lever W are graduated bars l8 and I9.

Extending across the lever is a poise assembly comprising a curved bar 29 integrally provided at opposite ends with poises 2| and 22 respectively riding on bars i8 and i9. Each poise has an index portion 23 which coacts with indications on the bar to indicate the backweighting effect of the poises on the scale. The bar l8 has on its inner side three notches 25 to receive a spring pressed ball 26 held in poise 2i When the poise indices 23 are opposite 0, or H! on the bars 18 and [9, the ball 26 seats in a notch 25 to retain the poise assembly in position. The bar 20 is curved to accommodate the curve in the housing H when the poises are set at indications Hi.

When the poise assembly is at 0, then the capacity of the scale is only that of the automatic counterbalance. When the poise assembly is moved to indicate 5 on bars l8 and I9, then the capacity of the scale has been increased by five pounds; similarly, when the poise assembly is at ID, the capacity has been increased by ten pounds.

It may be noted that by dividing the poise weight so that a part is acting on each furcation of the lever, the tendency of the lever to tilt sidewise on its fulcrum bearings is minimized.

In Fig. 4 is shown a modification of the customers indicating means viewed similarly to the upper portion of Fig. 1. In this modification, the arm carries adjacent bar is a tab 30 having a pointer 3| coacting with the numbers on bar [9 to indicate the added offsetting weight on the scale. The inscription Added on tab 38 denotes clearly that additional weight has been added to the scale to offset the load. When employing this form of customers indication, the greater portion of the poise weight is on arm is.

While the several modifications shown and described are preferred forms of the invetnion, it is to be understood that other modifications and changes may be made within the scope of mechanical skill without departing from the spirit of the invention. I therefore desire to be limited only by the scope of the following claims:

1. In a scale, a lever having spaced arms between portions of which projects a scale part obstructing the view of one arm portion by an observer at the opposite side of said scale part, each arm having indicating figures readable in upright position by an observer at the same side of the scale part, a poise movable along said lever and having indexes, one for each arm, movable from points on said arms in advance of and remote from the scale part to points on the arm portions alongside the scale part, and a rigid connection between said indexes extending transversely of the lever and having an intermediate portion spaced from the indexes in a direction longitudinal of the lever to occupy a position in advance of and clear of the scale part while the indexes are alongside the scale part.

2. In a scale, a lever having spaced arms between portions of which a scale part projects vertically to obstruct the view of an arm por tion by an observer at the opposite side of the scale part, each arm having indicating figures readable in upright position by an observer at the same side of the scale part, a poise movable along said lever, and having indexes, one for each arm, movable from points remote from and in advance of the scale part to points on said arm portions along the sides of the scale part, and a rigid connection between said indexes so arranged and constructed as to cause adjustment of the poise to effect such movement of the indexes simultaneously without interference by the scale part.

ERNEST A. REUSSENZEI-IN. 

